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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

I LOVE love love the Ken doll on the bear carpet with the turkey. That is the most brilliant "cake" I've ever seen. I don't know if HE is giving thanks for the turkey, or if the bear is giving thanks because he has Ken lying on top, or if the turkey is giving thanks that it's about to be eaten by a semi-nude plastic man . . . but the entire situation is completely brilliant. I'm giving thanks that I've seen it.

The timing was unfortunate. What he really wanted was a cake made with the visage of his hero, John Wayne, along with his favorite quote from the movie “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” However, a crowded bakery, a harried baker and the nature of the season all worked against him. He had to shout his order to be heard above the din, accompanied by hand gestures that really had no meaning but that he hoped gave a sense of clarity and urgency to what he was saying. The baker nodded, as if he understood, took the order, and went on to the next insistent customer.

The timing was unfortunate. He was running late when he came to pick up his order. The chaos at the bakery was the same, only now people were clamoring to get their goodies. He was almost drowned in a sea of waving hands holding tickets. The cacophony of the cash register and the clamoring customers, punctuated by the periodic “Next!” from the lone baker drowned out any possibility of thought. When his turn came, he grabbed the box, paid, and, fighting against the incoming tide of arriving customers, quickly left.

In retrospect, the timing was unfortunate. He should have waited a few days, until after the rush had passed, so he could be sure the baker got it right. And he should have arrived earlier to pick up his order so he could check it before he left. And then there was the quote. As the man looked down at his box of Mayflower travelers, he understood. It had been misconstrued as instruction rather than decoration: “Think you can make it, Pilgrim?”

OMG, first Jen made me laugh out loud and made my day. Then, I read Sharyn's dark meat and pop-up timer post and tears started to come down my face. Then I read Haiku Joy's latest two offerings and now my coworkers think I'm completely nuts because I'm back here in my office just howling with laughter.

I thought that, on the politically incorrect cookie, someone was robbing the turkey, which is why he was standing on top of the pumpkin with his hands...er...wings up.

Best Thanksgiving post yet! #1. You had me at "This one is barely legal". I wonder if deer have "Antler Envy"?#2. I think that's the Indian meeting the "white" man. #3. This cake is actually to celebrate the Salem Witch Trials.#4. That one pilgrim is quite buxom.#5. Someone already made a Ken stuffing the turkey joke, dang it! How about...Is that a pop-up timer in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Too cliche'?#6. Answering the "burning" question of whether or not gingerbread men have peckers.

The bakery was closing, but the baker felt she must incorporate the next major holidays in one brilliant design: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentine's Day. Ta-Da! The Gingerbread Turkey Stripper (with stuffing).

OH MY.......(head tilt).......(head tilt the other way)......okay, their Thanksgivings and my Thankgivings are obviuosly WAY different holidays.......I never knew eroticism to have a place on the Thanksgiving table, but HEY!! to each his own.....the definition of "eating turkey" could mean many things......